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Advanced Oceanography Class Discovers the Ocean in Ohio
Taking oceanography is made that much more exciting when you get to see live marine organisms. Distinguished Professor Andréa Grottoli took her advanced oceanography class to the …

New climate change course offered in collaboration with the Department of Geography!
Professor Matt Saltzman (Earth Sciences) and Professor Bryan Mark (Geography) are co-teaching a new course in SP2023—Earth’s Climate: Past and Future (GEOG/EARTHSC 4911)!
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75th Field Camp Alumni Reunion in Ephraim, Utah
Field Camp 2022 marked the 75th anniversary of The Ohio State University Geology program in the Sanpete Valley, Utah. To commemorate this milestone a committee (Mike Braunagel, David Elliot…

Where in the World?: Where did SES go this Summer?
With warmer weather and a break from classes (well, except summer term ones), some Buckeyes in the School of Earth Science went above and beyond during Summer '22. Beyond Ohio that is!
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Students in the Summer: Ben Jones
M.S. student Ben Jones shares his experience below about his summer in the Southwest:
Hillsboro, New Mexico:
My summer began in Hillsboro, New Mexico, within the Copper…

Professors Griffith and Saltzman featured in Around the Oval newsletter
In a recent Around the Oval weekly newsletter, School of Earth Sciences professors Matthew Saltzman and Elizabeth Griffith were recognized as they were awarded National Science Foundation (NSF)…

Dispersal and Fire Limit Arctic Shrub Expansion
Exciting news from Byrd Polar!
Yanlan Liu, assistant professor at The Ohio State University's School of Earth Sciences (SES) and School of Environment and Natural…

Lonnie Thompson featured in Ohio State News: Climate changes lead to water imbalance, conflict in Tibetan Plateau
Our own Professor Lonnie Thompson was featured in a recent Ohio State News story.
Use this link to check out the article, titled Climate changes lead to water imbalance, conflict in…